Happy Birthday: Gilchrist, Schilling, Hayman

Sport360 staff 08:00 14/11/2016
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  • Widely regarded as the greatest wicket-keeper-batsman cricket has ever seen, the Australian was a force with the bat and gloves.

    Gilchrist, who turns 44 today, played 96 Test matches for Australia, finishing with 5,570 runs and an average of 47.60 in that format, while knocking 9,619 runs at an average of 35.89 in ODIs.

    He’s the only player to have hit 100 sixes in Test cricket and was the first to reach 1,000 runs in the Indian Premier League.

    Gilchrist also held the record for most dismissals by a wicket-keeper in ODIs with 472 until Kumar Sangakkara passed the mark in 2015.

    He not only led with his play, but was the vice captain for Australia in both Tests and ODIs. Gilchrist hung up his gloves and retired from international cricket in 2008, but left with World Cup glory achieved in 1999, 2003 and 2007. His final IPL season with Kings XI Punjab came in 2013.

    Here are the other stars who are celebrating:

    1966: Curt Schilling, baseball pitcher who won World Series with Arizona Diamondbacks and Boston Red Sox (50).

    1979: Carl Hayman, former All Blacks prop who won 45 caps. Played for Highlanders, Newcastle and Toulon (37).

    1996: Borna Coric, Croatian tennis player who won the Junior US Open in 2013. Ranked 48th in the world (20).

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